Roosevelt's navy
Subtitle: the education of a warrior president, 1882-1920
By: James Tertius de Kay
Edition: 1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
Publisher: Pegasus Books; Distributed by W.W. Norton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781605982854
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; United States. Department of the Navy; Officials and employees; United States; Biography; Statesmen
Description: De Kay explores Roosevelt's formative years as Woodrow Wilson's Assistant Secretary of the Navy. From his arrival in Washington as a somewhat shallow, inexperienced political neophyte, we watch him transform into a visionary politician, wise in the ways of power, and eager to take his place on the world stage.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-283) and index.